Clinical translation of TALENS: Treating SCID-X1 by gene editing in iPSCs.

Biffi, Alessandra · Cell Stem Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Mutations causing X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) reduce immune cell populations and function and may be amenable to targeted gene correction strategies. Now in Cell Stem Cell, Menon et al. (2015) correct SCID-X1-related blood differentiation defects by TALEN-mediated genome editing in patient-derived iPSCs, suggesting a possible strategy for autologous cell therapy of SCID-X1.

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